{"id":6292,"date":"2009-03-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/venkatesh-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-6-march-2009"},"modified":"2016-02-29T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T04:27:07","slug":"venkatesh-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-6-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/venkatesh-vs-the-superintendent-of-police-on-6-march-2009","title":{"rendered":"Venkatesh vs The Superintendent Of Police on 6 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Venkatesh vs The Superintendent Of Police on 6 March, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT\n\nDATED: 06\/03\/2009\n\nCORAM\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.R.SHIVAKUMAR\n\nCRL.O.P.(MD).No.9245 of 2008\n\nVenkatesh\t\t\t\t... Petitioner\n\nVs.\n\t\t\t\t\n1.The Superintendent of Police,\n  Sivagangai District,\n  Sivagangai.\n\n2.The Inspector of Police,\n  Sivagangai Taluk Police Station,\n  Sivagangai,\n  Sivagangai District.\n\n3.The Sub-Inspector of Police,\n  Sivagangai Taluk Police Station,\n  Sivagangai,\n  Sivagangai District.\t\t\t... Respondents\n\nPrayer\n\nCriminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of the Criminal\nProcedure Code, praying to direct the second respondent to register the case on\nthe complaint given by the petitioner dated 21.09.2008 and direct the first\nrespondent to take appropriate action against the third respondent.\n\n!For Petitioner  ... No Appearance\n^For Respondents ... Mr.Siva.Ayyappan\n\t\t     Government Advocate(Crl.side)\n   \t\t     \t    ******\n:ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>\t\tThere is no representation for the petitioner. The submissions made<br \/>\nby Mr.Siva.Ayyappan, learned Government Advocate (Criminal side) representing<br \/>\nthe respondents were heard.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t2. Aggrieved by the non-registration of a case based on the<br \/>\ncomplaint of the petitioner herein dated 21.09.2008, the petitioner has brought<br \/>\nforth this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., invoking the inherent powers of<br \/>\nthe Court and has prayed for the issue of a direction to the second respondent<br \/>\nto register a criminal case based on the said complaint and investigate the<br \/>\nsame.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t3. According to the petitioner, the contents of the complaint<br \/>\ndisclosed commission of an offence punishable under Section 307 IPC, a<br \/>\ncognizable and non-bailable offence and the Inspector of Police, Sivagangai<br \/>\nTaluk Police Station, Sivagangai failed to register a case, despite the fact<br \/>\nthat the contents of the complaint clearly made out a prima facie case for a<br \/>\ncognizable and non-bailable offence, namely an offence punishable under Section<br \/>\n307 IPC. On the other hand, the learned Government Advocate (Criminal side)<br \/>\nrepresenting the respondents submits that upon considering the contents of the<br \/>\ncomplaint and the accident register, the Sub-Inspector of Police (the third<br \/>\nrespondent herein) came to the conclusion that the offence made out was<br \/>\npunishable only under Section 323 IPC, a non-cognizable offence and hence, he<br \/>\nsubmitted a report to the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate seeking permission<br \/>\nto investigate the case as required under Section 155(2) Cr.P.C.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t4. A copy of the complaint dated 21.09.2008 enclosed along with the<br \/>\npetition recites that the persons mentioned as assailants therein were armed<br \/>\nwith knife and sticks and that the petitioner was attacked with knife. It has<br \/>\nalso been averred in the complaint that he was bitten by one Senthil. Necessary<br \/>\naverments have also been made in the complaint to the effect that the assailants<br \/>\ncommitted the said act of causing injury by hitting him with stick, cutting him<br \/>\nwith knife and biting him with teeth with intent to cause his death. Even if the<br \/>\ninjuries sustained by the petitioner were simple in nature as contended by the<br \/>\nlearned Government Advocate (Criminal side) representing the respondents, there<br \/>\nare clear averments to the effect that such an attempt was made with a<br \/>\nproclamation that they would kill the petitioner. Allegations have also been<br \/>\nmade in the complaint to the effect that knife, a dangerous weapon was used in<br \/>\ncausing the injuries to the petitioner. It is not necessary that any injury<br \/>\nshould have been caused to constitute an offence of attempt to murder punishable<br \/>\nunder Section 307 IPC. Nor is it necessary that the injury should be a grievous<br \/>\none to constitute such an offence. Therefore, this Court is in agreement with<br \/>\nthe contention of the petitioner that necessary averments to make out a case for<br \/>\nan offence punishable under Section 307 IPC or at least an offence punishable<br \/>\nunder Section 324 IPC if not the offence punishable under Section 307 IPC, have<br \/>\nbeen made in the complaint.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t5. However, in the event of the police officer in-charge of the<br \/>\npolice station refusing to register a case even though the complaint discloses<br \/>\ncommission of a cognizable offence, as per the judgments of the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme<br \/>\nCourt in <a href=\"\/doc\/1836621\/\">Sakiri Vasu v. State of U.P.,<\/a> reported in 2008(1) MLJ (Crl) 1393 (SC);<br \/>\nand in  <a href=\"\/doc\/325716\/\">Aleque Padamsee v. Union of India<\/a> reported in 2008(1) MLJ (Crl) 490<br \/>\n(SC), the remedy available to the complainant\/informant is to first approach the<br \/>\nSuperintendent of Police concerned and then, in case of inaction on his part<br \/>\nalso, to approach the Judicial Magistrate either under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C.,<br \/>\nor under Section 200 Cr.P.C. by way of a private complaint. The rigour of the<br \/>\nsaid judgment has been diluted to some extent by the judgment of a learned<br \/>\nSingle Judge of this Court sitting in the Principal Bench in <a href=\"\/doc\/1957119\/\">G.Arokiya Marie v.<br \/>\nSuperintendent of Police<\/a> reported in 2008(2) MLJ (Crl) 796, wherein it has been<br \/>\nheld that the said rule enunciated by the Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court is not without<br \/>\nexception and that in appropriate cases, in order to prevent miscarriage of<br \/>\njustice, directions can be issued. The learned Single Judge has given some<br \/>\nillustrations of the cases (murder, attempt to murder wherein grievous injuries<br \/>\nhave been caused, robbery, dacoity, rape and attempt to rape), in which<br \/>\ndirections have to be issued so as to ensure that the evidence in such serious<br \/>\ncases do not get erased by passage of time. As it is contended by the learned<br \/>\nGovernment Advocate (Criminal side) representing the respondents that the<br \/>\ninjuries sustained by the petitioner were simple in nature, it can be said that<br \/>\nthe present case does not come under anyone of the offences coming under the<br \/>\nexempted category enumerated in the said judgment of the learned Single Judge of<br \/>\nthis Court. Therefore, this Court is of the view that the direction for<br \/>\nregistration of a case cannot be issued in this case directly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t6. Though this Court has arrived at a conclusion that a direction to<br \/>\nregister a case cannot be issued straight away, the present case can be taken as<br \/>\nyet another exceptional case in which a different direction can be issued to the<br \/>\npolice, in view of the stand taken by them. It is the contention of the learned<br \/>\nGovernment Advocate (Criminal side) representing the respondents that the<br \/>\noffence made out was only a non-cognizable one, namely an offence punishable<br \/>\nunder Section 323 IPC and that hence, the third respondent has sought the<br \/>\npermission of the Judicial Magistrate to investigate the case.  But the<br \/>\nrespondents have not produced any copy of the report submitted to the Magistrate<br \/>\nseeking permission of the Judicial Magistrate to investigate the case. In this<br \/>\nregard, consideration of Section 155 Cr.P.C. shall be very much relevant and<br \/>\nuseful. As per Sub-clause 2 of Section 155, no police officer can investigate a<br \/>\nnon-cognizable case without the order of a Magistrate having power to try such<br \/>\ncase or commit the case for trial. But taking umbrage under the said clause, the<br \/>\npolice cannot be allowed to remain inactive without following the procedure<br \/>\nprescribed in Section 155 Cr.P.C. Sub-clause (1) of Section 155 enjoins a duty<br \/>\non the officer in-charge of a police station, who receives information regarding<br \/>\ncommission of a non-cognizable offence within the limits of such station, to<br \/>\nenter such information in a book kept for that purpose and refer the &#8220;informant&#8221;<br \/>\nto the Magistrate. The section directs the police officer in-charge of the<br \/>\npolice station to refer the &#8220;informant&#8221; to the Magistrate and not the<br \/>\n&#8220;information alone&#8221;. In this case, admittedly, the petitioner who was the<br \/>\ninformant was not referred to the Magistrate concerned. As such, the requirement<br \/>\nof Sub-clause (1) of Section 155 has not been properly complied with by the<br \/>\nrespondents. Unfortunately, in all cases, wherein the police are of the view<br \/>\nthat the offences made out are non-cognizable offences, they think that they<br \/>\nneed not register a case nor refer the informant to the Magistrate concerned. It<br \/>\nis to be kept in mind that Section 155 does not prohibit registration of a case,<br \/>\nif the averments disclosed the commission of only a non-cognizable offence. What<br \/>\nis prohibited is to investigate the same without obtaining the order of the<br \/>\nMagistrate. The procedure prescribed in Sub-Clause (1) of Section 155 is being<br \/>\nmade a dead letter in practice. The said practice, according to the considered<br \/>\nview of this Court, will amount to gross violation of the statutory provision<br \/>\nwhich may, at times, result in miscarriage of justice. Therefore, this Court<br \/>\ndeems it fit to issue a direction to the respondents either to register a case,<br \/>\nif they come to the conclusion that a cognizable case has been made out by the<br \/>\ncontents of the complaint or to refer the informant (petitioner herein) to the<br \/>\nMagistrate as per Section 155(1) Cr.P.C. This direction shall be complied with<br \/>\nwithin two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The learned<br \/>\nGovernment Advocate (Criminal side) representing the respondents shall be<br \/>\nprovided with a copy of this order, who in turn, will communicate the same to<br \/>\nall the respondents herein.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t7. In the result, this Criminal Original Petition is disposed of<br \/>\nwith the above direction.\n<\/p>\n<p>SML<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1.The Superintendent of Police,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai District,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.The Inspector of Police,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai Taluk Police Station,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai District.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.The Sub-Inspector of Police,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai Taluk Police Station,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai,<br \/>\n  Sivagangai District.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.The Public Prosecutor,<br \/>\n  Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,<br \/>\n  Madurai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Venkatesh vs The Superintendent Of Police on 6 March, 2009 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 06\/03\/2009 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.R.SHIVAKUMAR CRL.O.P.(MD).No.9245 of 2008 Venkatesh &#8230; Petitioner Vs. 1.The Superintendent of Police, Sivagangai District, Sivagangai. 2.The Inspector of Police, Sivagangai Taluk Police Station, Sivagangai, Sivagangai District. 3.The Sub-Inspector [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Venkatesh vs The Superintendent Of Police on 6 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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